Convicts

Bilkis Bano After Release Of Convicts I Am Still Numb Give Me Back My Right To Live Without Fear

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New Delhi: “The trauma of the past 20 years washed over me again,” Bilkis Bano, a survivor of a horrific rape case during the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, said as the 11 convicts serving a life sentence in a case related to her and seven family members were released. On August 15, all the … Read more

All 11 Life Imprisonment Convicts Released Under Gujarat Govt’s Remission Policy

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Godhra: All the 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 post-Godhra Bilkis Bano gang rape case on Monday walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy, an official said. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai on January 21, 2008, sentenced … Read more